Woo hoo so we did our skydive in Taupo although we were supposed to do it in the morning due to bad weather we had to wait until the afternoon and a sliver of blue sky to do it, but do it we did and it was brilliant!! granted i couldnt breathe while we were freefalling (60seconds) but it was just so amazing and then when the parachute opened it was so peaceful and the view was absolutely stunning! From Taupo we then drove over to Napier and Hawkes bay to Bob and...

The drive back to Christchurch wasnt too bad but did take most of the day but we got to Chirstchurch about 3pm, we then decided to go and do the Antartica centre there as we had time, so we went in and saw little blue penguins and experienced an Antarctica storm and normal temp (-8) and we learnt lots about Antartica. The next day we then had a long lie in and then mooched around Christchurch a bit took the van to be washed and then met up with the irish lot for...

So our night in Queenstown we managed to meet up with the Irish girls for a cup of tea and cake. Then we had a wander around Queenstown which is a nice little ski town and we rang mum and dad which was nice as we've not spoken to them since the end of June when we were in Thailand - bad daughters! We then went to the much raved about Ferg Burger which was nice but neither Vic or I could finish the burgers. We then walked back to the van and as we reached the carp...

So on our last day in Australia we went to Paddys marketin Chinatown to spend the last of our Aussie dollars (another hoodieand a scarf!) and had a walk through the chinese friendship garden and around Darling harbour. We then did some washing and packed and had an early night as our bus to the airport was early. The bus in the morning was early so we had to race out to it at 5.25am, and as we were the last pick up we went straight to the airport so we were qu...

So we made it to Sydney, on the way in on the bus we came accross the harbour bridge and saw the opera house, but as soon as we'd checked into the hostel - yay we have our own room for 4 nights what novelty!! So we headed straight back out after a shower and freshen up and went and got on an open top bus which showed us the city sights, such as the bridge and the opera house and hyde park and kings cross. Then in evening we met up with the girls in yet another I...